AWM at ICIAM 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Room: 214

AWM Meeting: Women at the Forefront of Applied Mathematics

The Association for Women in Mathematics celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2011. In honor of this event, and as part of the AWM Embedded Meeting, we celebrate the accomplishments of women in applied and computational mathematics. Four distinguished women present their work in ICIAM 2011 thematic areas. From cell polarization and derivative free optimization to biomedical imaging and insect flight, this promises to be an exciting minisymposium.

Abstracts

  • Organizer: Maeve L. McCarthy, Murray State University, USA
  • Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta, Canada
  • 10:00-10:25 Models for Cell Polarization and Crawling
    Leah Edelstein-Keshet, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • 10:30-10:55 Imaging Biomechanical Parameters for Disease Characterization
    Joyce R. McLaughlin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • 11:00-11:25 How Do Insects Fly and Turn?
    Jane Wang, Cornell University, USA
  • 11:30-11:55 Selected Developments in Non-derivative Optimization
    Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA

    Monday, July 18, 2011, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Room: 214

    AWM Meeting: Institutional, Professional and Research Leadership — PANEL

    As part of the Association for Women in Mathematics Embedded Meeting, we discuss leadership approaches in the mathematical sciences. A variety of leadership opportunities arise at the institutional, professional and research levels. Panelists will discuss the different skills and approaches are required for each.

    • Chairs:
    • Maeve L. McCarthy, Murray State University, USA
    • Joyce R. McLaughlin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
    • Panelists:
    • Rachel Kuske, University of British Columbia, Canada
    • Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA

    Monday July 18, 2011, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Room: 214

    AWM Meeting – Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Ph.D.s I

    This minisymposium will feature talks by female post-docs on biological modeling. The applications will include the regulation of the Epstein-Barr virus, clustering of neurons, electrical activity in myocardial tissue, and the blood platelet aggregation.

    Abstracts

    • Organizers:
    • Karen D. Devine, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
    • Carol S. Woodward, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
    • Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
    • Maria Emelianenko, George Mason University, USA
    • Cammey Cole Manning, Meredith College, USA
    • 10:00-10:25 Modeling the Association of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection with the Development of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
      Giao Huynh, Oakland University, USA
    • 10:30-10:55 A New Microscale Model for Electrical Activity of Myocardial Cells Incorporating the Effects of Ephaptic Coupling
      Joyce Lin, University of Utah, USA
    • 11:00-11:25 A Mathematical Model of Platelet Deposition and Blood Coagulation under Flow
      Karin Leiderman

      Monday, July 18, 2011, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Room: 214

      AWM Meeting – Workshop: Opportunities Beyond Academia

      Many of us proceed through our education and research training without realizing the many opportunities that exist for research mathematicians outside academia. However, many researchers have exciting and fulfilling careers in non-academic positions. This minisymposium will gather speakers from industry and national labs as well as researchers having joint non-academic appointments who will share their experiences and speak about distinctive features of the non-academic research environment. Each will give a basic outline of their career including factors influencing their career choices. They will also discuss the unique challenges and opportunities they encountered in conducting research throughout their career. A panel session including audience questions and discussion will conclude the minisymposium.

      Abstracts

      • Organizers:
      • Karen D. Devine, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • Carol S. Woodward, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
      • Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
      • Maria Emelianenko, George Mason University, USA
      • Cammey Cole Manning, Meredith College, USA
      • 3:00-3:25 Helping Others to Solve Their Important Problems
        Kristyn Maschhoff, Cray, Inc., USA
      • 3:30-3:55 One Career in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorial Optimization at Sandia National Laboratories
        Cynthia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
      • 4:00-4:25 An Academic Perspective on Non-academic Collaborations
        Marsha Berger, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA
      • 4:30-4:55 Panel Discussion: Opportunities Beyond Academia
        Kristyn Maschhoff, Cray, Inc., USA; Cynthia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; Marsha Berger, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA

        Monday, July 18, 2011, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, West Ballroom A

        The AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture: A Cautionary Tale in Numerical PDEs

        Susanne Brenner, Louisiana State University, USA

        Introduction: Douglas N. Arnold, University of Minnesota, USA

        There are numerical methods for partial differential equations that produce wrong solutions in spite of the fact that one can prove convergence results for these methods and furthermore confirm these results by numerical experiments. In this talk we will examine some examples and discuss how the pitfalls of such methods can be avoided.

        Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Room: 214

        AWM Meeting – Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Ph.D.s II

        This minisymposium will feature talks by female post-docs on models involving partial differential equations and optimal control. The first two talks will examine models that look at applications of medical imaging. The third talk will discuss work related to fish population models, and the final talk will look at groundwater contamination.

        Abstracts

        • Organizers:
        • Karen D. Devine, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
        • Carol S. Woodward, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
        • Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
        • Maria Emelianenko, George Mason University, USA
        • Cammey Cole Manning, Meredith College, USA
        • 3:00-3:25 Gamma-Convergence Approximation to Piecewise Smooth Medical Image Segmentation
          updated Jung-Ha An, California State University, Stanislaus, U.S.; Mikael Rousson, Apple, Inc., U.S.; Chenyang Xu, Siemens Corporation Research, Germany
        • 3:30-3:55 Numerical Optimization for Constrained Image Registration with Application to Biomedical Imaging
          Raya Horesh, University of Minnesota, USA; Eldad Haber, University of British Columbia, Canada; Jan Modersitzki, University of Lübeck, Germany
        • 4:00-4:25 Optimal Management Controls for Maximizing the Recovery of an Endangered Fish Species
          Rachael Miller Neilan, Louisiana State University, USA; Kenneth Rose, University of Louisiana, USA; Wim Kimmer, San Francisco State University, USA; William Bennett, University of California, Davis, USA; Karen Edwards, San Francisco State University, USA
        • 4:30-4:55 Analysis of Fully Coupled NavierStokes/DarcyTransport Problem
          Aycil Cesmelioglu, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, USA